New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-06
"OFF WIN ms HEAD.'
Az INTERVIEW WITH CHINESE HIGH ExEcurloNERs
IN CANTON.
Irotu The Iatt .hall Gdzetc


From The Iat aaH Gdzets
During our wanuoIn.s In the city our ears were
assaied with the CatAay synonym OF The Eoyp.iSui
bahsees h cry TIL the caNeTls Of our Drains io'ouo
and ccnOei with It," Cunsla"l cuiisAa" Sci'u
immature pOssessOfs Oi plstas. ana hiatuIc
echoed the sOuHd wbsIoNo. We wen Mhon 'n.V
Youngsters requests were not compiled win, Inc
after a little invariably changed thoif cry 10 ran an
quaI! fanquail' QOrlsn dc, Al, ioiclSh ueNh. W.
Ma chod into the uaglstcial yaInuh 10 the accom-
paniment the cunsLa~ tune mere We "eio snow W
the instruments whereby BAMBOO CHOW enc" -
gwen To the nadal cahosiues Of The "lchod also
fatans -hor, bludgeons for Shaping inc rae" p
OF untruthiul witnesses, thumb screws anu iaons %
eXactIng confessions tho cilnlnal can Dc eAeSu'ei
according to the Jaws OF China u ne mas hih fo,
his crImoJ. canqus sIecies Oh oOaaI ,,s'r,n Ne
Jargeno~s and uncOmfOrtableness even outstIlp th9
mashos, and widchafs rocs 1a p", mall de,os
with neck aud hanl holes Inc g'ooS s, .S,,rnt ~
tory-room OF these ture implements we thought 10
be fair representation OF what European ine'' "''
We were next taken In our sedan chairs through an
overcrowdcd busy part Of inc cry 10 roman mo eatho
ground. passing on our way mo new hoha az "n,,Is
Cathedral whose gigantic spires pierce inc cVuls
rectanguar space about fifteen yards by mty !.
entered by gate. On the right on entering ran %
ro,r NJ small squad houses the haihat0nS OF poprs
whose rough. unbakod WORK Jay al 1o3 3 o that
q ound drying In the sun. but we were mo me" Wa,
(, wac cleared away wherever an enect tiom VIZ
about to take place Facing inc POTTS o@oinst II
a bgh wall at whose base and leaning aRalhs, ~
some largo crooks all oil %nIch ma 1"r intro
earthed over except one. mere our n"u ,ohon, we
Jncd ue to three poorly dressed Chlnancn. "noin
notIc1d Gambling at fan tan table mar the gaze o,
ovr arrival. one big. bmtish-Iooang fellow WIN
vlanous cast In one OF BIS ey,s' w 49, ' analish
oncr, and the Ot1cf lWO' WIN -. a. ~
men were bis assistants. Through orr gulo we ne
f,e head oxecutoner that We wished 10 sec VA
Instruments OF his calling. and theron ~ Iro"nc"t
n short very heavy twO-handcd swo'd anu q 'o nS
knife Tho following conversation was c'T,cn y" az
between us and this "boss" through the hlouiu" VI
u" aIIow do YOU use this sworl1 whore IL inc
block l,-" We don't use a block. What We 90 Is , ~
mako the prisoners tneel down In two rows ~ ~,
one another auf ending their heads down lneh
I tate the sword. 4 chop, chop. one on cacn SUI.
and the helds fail on on. till they ~ an uun. co.,
youd switch the tops of green weeds Win Wv"
aRut Won don't always chop a head OF with one
blow ~" Always" -, -
what Is the knife for"-"For the ling rhe, on
death bv m1ny .cuts. We tie the cu'pIt wro Is
condemned 10 ths death that there fnointin
10 Two rOugh unha- hcd sticks roughly crossed ann
We becn nv cutting or tn eye'ds. ears. and SO
The cuts vary IN numlcr from eight 20 hundrci an
twoutv according 70 the Nervousness Of the cuiprtF
crimes" , 4. .hc
0Wtat class ~ criminals condemned 70 nc
linz chc 80 parricides matricidcs and women VINO
hive iii'cd and mutllated their husbands form th'
10 the executions Interfere with your appetite
and slrep7" ,, -. ,hIs
" " IJov, MANI rrr' ors have Won evecuted IN dav
III have cho~ned trvnu,t~ heads oT mvselt IN w"
minutes that davir -ioorlng pace on the frol'
over thero-,hat's caused bv the blood OF the law
batch hal" . . . ,z-. <.,o,ss to,c
tho hotties awav hut keen the heads IN fhe 80, 70,
over Nv the wall th"rr. arh when We 49, h,r,
/ number which are nrg~r rrrogn'7nnF, A. -.
them Womb Won if,r 70 sou,e o. INC hsfn- ..
We declined. and one OF my companions p'eA" ~